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It seems like most rivers flow in a southerly direction, headed towards the equator from wherever they begin. However, one river in Florida actually flows northward. So what river in Florida flows south to north? The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida, and it flows south to north!
The St. Johns River (Spanish: Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and it is the most significant one for commercial and recreational use. [note 1] At 310 miles (500 km) long, it flows north and winds through or borders twelve counties.
4 gru 2014 · Most people understand that the St. Johns River flows north, but few seem to understand why. And it doesn't have anything to do with the state of Georgia producing a vacuum. What it does have...
Saint Johns River, navigable stream of northeastern Florida, U.S., the longest river in the state. It rises in swamps in Brevard county southwest of Melbourne , in the east-central part of the state and flows north parallel to the Atlantic coast until it turns at Jacksonville to empty into the ocean, 15 miles (25 km) to the east, after a course ...
The 74-mile-long (119 km) [1] Ocklawaha River flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. Its name is derived from ak-lowahe, Creek for "muddy". [2] The historical and original source of the Ocklawaha River is Lake Griffin, part of the Harris chain of lakes in Lake County, Florida.
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Florida. With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the Coastal plain . That exception is the Apalachicola River , which is formed by the merger of the Chattahoochee River , which originates in the Appalachian Mountains , and the Flint River , which originates ...
As the longest river in Florida, the 310 miles (500 km) St. Johns River flows north from Lake George in Volusia County to the river’s mouth at Mayport in the Jacksonville area, crossing or bordering twelve counties.
